United States / Aug 08, 1938 / NR
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kay Sutton | Peggy |
| Ben Welden | Whitey Clark |
| Paul Fix | Maxie |
| Eddie Acuff | Joe - Hoodlum |
| George Irving | District Attorney Edward Greer |
| Scotty Beckett | Otto, Franz's Son |
| Brooks Benedict | Court Clerk |
| Stanley Blystone | Policeman |
| Tom Chatterton | Grand Juryman |
| Jimmy Conlin | Witness |
| Edith Craig | Flo Fisher |
| Mike Donovan | Bailiff |
| Jimmie Dundee | Fuller - Henchman |
| Al Ferguson | Detective |
| Byron Foulger | Alverson - Chemist |
| Robert Frazer | Weather Man |
| Bud Geary | Detective |
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| George Hackathorne | Detective |
| Kenneth Harlan | Angry Businessman |
| Eddie Hart | Ed Dooley |
| Howard Hickman | James J. Carew |
| Al Hill | Strong Arm Man |
| Max Hoffman Jr. | 1st Protection Racket Thug |
| Cecil Kellaway | Barrett |
| Rita La Roy | Reluctant Witness |
| Mike Lally | 2nd Protection Racket Thug |
| Edward LeSaint | Judge #2 |
| Carl M. Leviness | Assistant Attorney |
| George Lloyd | Big Mike Leonard |
| Rollo Lloyd | Sam Schwartz - Butcher |
| Tom London | Dixon - Detective |
| Mary MacLaren | Nurse |
| George Meeker | District Attorney Aide |
| Victor Metzetti | Smokey - Henchman |
| Walter Miller | Mac |
| Edmund Mortimer | Angry Businessman |
| Horace Murphy | Doorman |
| Max Rose | Detective |
| Walter Sande | Hospital Interne |
| C. Montague Shaw | Grand Juryman |
| Libby Taylor | Duchess |
| Frank M. Thomas | Judge Wend |
| Charles Trowbridge | Grand Juryman |
| Theodore von Eltz | Howard Ellis |
| Solly Ward | Dry Cleaner |
| Pierre Watkin | John Nelson Davis |
| Leo White | Juror |
| Gayne Whitman | News Broadcaster |
Genres
DramaCrime
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Smashing the Rackets |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date | 8 agosto 1938 |
| Writer | Forrest Davis, Lionel Houser |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Assistant directors | Lew Landers |
| Camera operators | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Additional photography | Nicholas Musuraca |
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